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Jason and Ron together have 97 baseball cards. Jason has four more than twice as many cards as ron. How many baseball cards does each person have?

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Let r be the number of cards Ron has.

r + 2r + 4 = 97
3r + 4 = 97
3r + 4 - 4 = 97 - 4
3r = 93
3/3r = 93/3
r = 31

Ron has a total of 31 cards and Jason has a total of 66 cards.
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